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Perla Mexican Cuisine

Perla Mexican Cuisine

400 W 4th St, Santa Ana, United States Of America

Full • Wine • Mexican • Bar-Lounge


"I made a reservation online but had trouble finding parking. I got there seven minutes past my reservation time which coincidentally was also their time for opening. However, when i got there, the place seemed to be closed. No open doors or sign to let us know to come in. As I was about to walk away to a different place, an employee came out singing and dancing, apparently unaware of the fact they were opening up a tad late. Sure enough, the music inside was loud af. Kind of hard to carry a conversation with so much noise around you. While i understand and celebrate that the employees feel comfortable enough to get along very well with themselves, the noise of their chit chatting and music is overwhelming. Feels like a mismatch between the restaurant's projected image and achieved ambience. The food could've been great, but the meat for the torta ahogada was very salty. But really, what made me write this review was cleanliness. Expect none. The floor on the outside area looked decidedly unswept. Makes me wonder if they even wipe down those tables. Then i looked at the floor around me and, sure enough, i found many stains that would normally happen on any given day. But i had just gotten there, at the time they opened. If by the time a restaurant opens to the public their floors and tables aren't clean, I can only assume their cleaning patterns to be poor. All in all, this is an ok place that can do so much better. The attention and service is good, food could be less salty and ambiance could be redesigned. But the formality of opening up on time and having pristine clean spaces is vital. Personally, I'd choose a different place next time."

Cafe Cultura

Cafe Cultura

324 W 4th St #B, 92701, Santa Ana, US, United States

Cafe • Cafés • Mexican • American


"First of alI I need to credit the waiter/cashiers because they were very sweet tried to help fix our food. That being said: the food was AWFUL! It looks FANTASTIC but I’d rather have ugly amazing food than dressed up inedible food. The “Chilaquiles” were canned beans, canned sauce which was not even cooked just warmed up and sloshed together. I had to send them back to get reheated and they STILL came back half cold! The pancakes were nothing special just plain pancakes with chocolate sauce whipped cream with chocolate chips. Again they looked amazing but tasted subpar NOT like “abuelita” pancakes. (False advertising) If you’re going to NOT use Mexican chocolate, at LEAST use dark chocolate so you can pass off the taste as such. The coffee abuelita latte was actually as advertised. It looked pretty tasted good, however the “café de olla” was simply black Nescafé at best. I could of taken all these canned foods and made them taste like they were homemade myself at home! If they at least spent as much time decorating their food for instagram as they should on their culinary cooking they’d be okay. That Nescafé could of been fixed with a dash of cinnamon added. That red sauce could of been fixed simmered on a pan with some spices to bring back it’s flavor. NOT ZAPPED IN SOME MICROWAVE! Those beans are the easiest fix! Splash some oil in a pot with onions and toss the can beans in to be heated with natural flavors. Magic! The tin can taste is gone! Im sorry but if I can make this “Mexican” food better my darn self at home… why pay an arm a leg for it here!"